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{{Nation|common_name=Corea
|full_name= Republic of Corea
|local_name=TehantankoekTehankoek
|flag=Nationalist Corea 2.png
|map=Corean National Republic Map 1945.png
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== Etymology ==
The official name of the country in [[Corean]] is 대한단국, usually simply translated as 'great Corean state of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangun Tankoen]'. HoweverIn English, the'Corea' 단itself (檀Dutch: ''Corea'', French: ''Corée'', [[Amerikaens#Tussenlandic Amerikaens|Tussenlandic]]: ''tanCorrî'') hascomes multiplefrom meaningsa incorruption of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HanjaGoryeo HandjaKorja]:, ita canCorean referkingdom. toIts theearliest colorattested crimson,form sandalwoodin trees,Europe almswas Latin ''Caule'', andwhich mostbecame commonlyOld theDutch founder''Core'' ofbefore Corea,transforming [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danguninto Tankoen]its modern variant.
 
In English, 'Corea' itself (Dutch: ''Corea'', French: ''Corée'', [[Amerikaens#Tussenlandic Amerikaens|Tussenlandic]]: ''Corrî'') comes from a corruption of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goryeo Korja], a Corean kingdom. Its earliest attested form in Europe was Latin ''Caule'', which became Old Dutch ''Core'' before transforming into its modern variant.
 
== History ==
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==== Collective identity ====
During the Tsjosan period, Coreans called themselves the 조선인 (lit. ''tsjosan people''). After 1883, the state mandated the switch to Sjakwang (Hankoel: 서광인), though most people in the Sinosphere casually used the old term. Following the fall of Sjakwang during the 1930s, the new Corean state finally changed the ethnonational collective term to Han (Chinese: 韓), the ancient term used for and by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhan ancient Corean confederacies].
[[File:Korean Mary.png|thumb|321x321px|A painting of the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus surrounded by multiethnic children, representing the worldwide Christian community (1910s, Oelsan). ]]
 
== Religion ==
 
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* [[Tedjo of Sjakwang|Tedjo]] (태조, 1883-1921)
* Hjodjo (효조, 1921-1935)
 
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== See also ==
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